Grant Funds Projects to Restore Hampton Waterways

(HAMPTON, VA)—The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund today announced a $200,000 grant for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and local partners to carry out restoration projects that will reduce pollution entering impaired Hampton City waterways, restore the oyster population, and educate local residents.

Partners in implementing these programs include the City of Hampton, Hampton University, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Hampton Roads Sanitation District, NASA, Hampton Public Works Division, and Center for Watershed Protection.

"The diverse projects funded by this grant will make a real difference in cutting the pollution that ends up in Hampton waterways and the Chesapeake Bay, furthering Virginia's progress toward meeting the pollution-reduction goals in the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint," CBF Virginia Acting Director Christy Everett said. "These measures will also leave a lasting impact by educating and engaging local residents and partners to ensure restoration efforts continue into the future."

Projects funded by this grant include:

A citizen oyster gardening program that will restore 100,000 oysters to Hampton tributaries;

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